Sources - Mary Religion Flashcards
MARY’S RELIGION
MARY’S RELIGION
How many Marian exiles fled for Germany and Switzerland?
800
What appeared in Oxford when Mary was announced as Queen?
Chalices
What were rung when Mary became Queen?
Bells
Who was Mary’s moderate Catholic bishop?
Bishop Stephen Gardiner
Who was Mary’s radical Catholic bishop?
Cardinal Reginald Pole
From what year onwards did Mary want to undo religious change?
1529
What did Mary want to restore?
Papal authority
What practice did Mary want to restore?
Transubstantiation
What did Mary want to do with dissolved monasteries?
Restore them
What thing that Elizabeth supported did Mary want to abolish?
Clerical marriage
What did Mary want to secure the future of?
Catholicism
Who urged Mary to not restore Catholicism too quickly?
- Simon Renard
- Charles V
- Pope Julius III
When was the first Act of Repeal passed?
October 1553
What did the first act of repeal do?
Reversed all religious changes made under Edward
What did Parliament refuse to repeal in October 1553?
Act of Supremacy
What did Mary use her royal prerogative to suspend in late 1553?
The 2nd Act of Uniformity
When were the Royal Injunctions passed?
Spring 1554
What did the Royal Injunctions do?
Restored many Catholic practices such as Holy Days and processions
When did Parliament refuse to pass heresy laws?
April 1554
What did Parliament say had to be done before they would pass heresy laws?
Until there are promises that former monastic lands that were sold would not be retaken
Who lost their jobs as a result of the Royal Injunctions?
Married clergy
When was the 2nd Act of Repeal passed?
November 1554
What did the 2nd Act of Repeal do?
- Made England Catholic again
- Undid religious changes since 1529
Why did Parliament pass the 2nd Act of Repeal?
It protected the property rights of those who had bought monastic lands
When was John Rogers burnt? *First Marian burning
4th February 1555
Why was John Rogers executed?
He was a Protestant biblical translator
How many were burned at the stake from 1555 to 1558?
277
How many women were burnt?
51 women
Where were most of the burnings?
London, Canterbury, Colchester
Who wrote ‘Act and Monuments’ aka ‘Book of Martyrs’ which suggests there was considerable opposition to the Marian regime?
John Foxe
When were bishops Latimer and Ridley burnt in Oxford?
16th October 1555
When was Thomas Cranmer burnt?
21st March 1556
Why was Cranmer burnt? 2 reasons
- His involvement in the Lady Jane Grey plot
- Had helped Henry divorce Mary’s mum Katherine
Why were the burnings moved to the morning?
Drunken violence
What was sold at the burnings?
Cherries
When did Elizabeth order John Foxe’s ‘Acts and Monuments’ be placed in every church?
1571
